WorldCon 2007 , Japan

Just submitted my ballot for this year's Hugo Awards. It was tough going choosing from some 15 categories.
Categories and my votes were:
Best Novel: Eifelheim by Michael Flynn
Best Novella: The Walls Of The Universe by Paul Melko
Best Novellette: Yellow Card Man by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best Short Story: Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt
Best Related Book: Heinlein's Children by Joseph T Major
Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form: V for Vendetta
Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form: Stargate SG-1
Best Editor Short Form: Gardiner Dozois
Best Editor Long Form: James Patrick Baen
Best Professional Artist: John Picacio
Best Semiprozine: Locus
Best Fanzine: SF Five-Yearly
Best Fan Writer: Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
John W Campbel Award for best new writer: Scott Lynch

I'm sure most of my votes won't go towards the majority winner but then again I had a lot of fun judging this year's entrants....:p
 
Sounds pretty good and if you had fun to boot than it's definitely a good thing.

Am keeping my tail crossed for Melbourne too in 2010. I hope they get it since several people I know would be able to attend as well.

Have fun and I'll see you here. :)
 
I almost died when I found out it was in Japan. Sadly I can't make it but I do know my local anime club is making it a part of their anual tour. There are some seriously good guests!
 
GOLLUM said:
WorldCon 2007 Kicks off in just over 2 months time in Yokohama, Japan.

I'm already a paid up attending member who has the good fortune to be voting for this year's Hugo awards. I've also booked in for a few additional events like the Dinner Cruise with the Hugo award winners and am greatly looking forward to this trip.

Is anyone else attending this event?

I plan to log on each day of the Con and write the major events/happenings, kind of like a daily diary if that sounds at all exciting....:p

Cheers...
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Gollum, make sure you go to the top of the Yokohama Tower. There's a breathtaking viewing platform at the top.
 
News today that George Takei who played Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek will be co-hosting this year's Hugo awards.

In other news I signed up for the Ghibli tour, which represents one of Japan's major museums and animation studios, this should be very interesting indeed!!

14 days before I depart, not that I'm counting......;)
 
Yeh look forward to catching up with you over yonder WWD...:)

Itinerary for pre-con touring has now been finalised, I leave this coming Friday 24 August and touch down in Japan (via KL) on the morning of the 25th. Then it's a 1.5 hr trip by bus to Yokohama station and then onto the local rail system to end up at my designated hotel. Cool!
 
The final draft of the Program Guide for Nippon 2007 has been released and it looks like a real winner. Now it's up to moi and many others to wade through the details and make our choices as to what we will be attending. Decisions, decisions...
 
Well the time has arrived folks. In a few hours time I'll be heading off to the airport and then off to KL with a 2 hour in transit stop followed by my connection to the Land Of The Rising Sun.

I will arrive in Japan 7.40 local time on Saturday.

Bon Voyage!!
 
Thanks guys...:)

Currently at KL airport 9.45pm local time. Waiting for my connecting flight to Tokyo at 11:30 pm. Picked up Terry Brooks latest Elves Of Cintra, which I'll read on the trip to Tokyo. Picked it up at Melbourne airport.
 
Not much time so I will make it brief.

Got into Yokohama OK　and spent the day organising my rail trips. Checked out the bay area including Convention Center for WorldCon. It's huge and impressive. Got some nice pics I'll upload when I get home of the area. Very humid and warm which is a bit tough.

Off to bed to get ready for tommorow's tour of Mt Fuji.

I won't have a lot of time on the net whilst I'm here so my info will be short. When I return I'll post my diary of WorldCon and Japan plus choice pics.

Night all...:)
 
Today was the Mt Fuji and Lake Hakone tour. The weather was fine and we got to see Mt Fuji`s summit of which I took several photos. We also went on a river cruise on one of the 5 surrounding lakes as well as taking the cable car. After this we had a japanese style bentoh box for lunch at one of the lake hotels. We then went to station 5 which is at the halfway point of Mt Fuji. From there we were able to see the summit very clearly wreathed in some cloud before heading to lake Hakone. They have two replica pirate ships/galleons on the lake which make quite a sight. From there we went to Odinawa station to catch the shinkansen or bullet train back to Tokyo where the tour disbanded. Those bullet trains are amazing as we had the chance to see several zip past our station at a frightening speed!

One thing that struck me was the amount of greenery and rolling hills outside of Tokyo, which at times could have been taken from a scene somewhere in Europe. Also heaps of rice paddies to look at.

I then went to dinner and had some beautiful tempura looking out onto Yokohama harbour where the hotel is.

Tommorrow is the Tokyo tour and the day after I`ll be in Kyoto, Japan`s original capital and still its cultural center.

That`s about it for the moment, so see you all later....:)
 
Tommorrow is the Tokyo tour and the day after I`ll be in Kyoto, Japan`s original capital and still its cultural center.
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Wouldn't want to forget Heijo-kyo and Nagaoka-kyo;).
 
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